Roboden (tuxdb.com)

Roboden is an asymmetrical indirect control real-time strategy game about robot colonies. The player controls the colony priorities in this game while the automated drones execute that program. Collect resources, build and combine units, and play with friends in cooperative and competitive modes.
Key features:

Split-screen local PvP and co-op multiplayer*
Asymmetrical RTS gameplay
Unique base and units control system
Neat pixel art graphics
Units combining system for higher tier units
About 30 different drones divided into 3 tiers
4 game modes: classic, arena, infinite arena, and reverse
Online leaderboard
Procedural level generation with extensive customization

(*) The local multiplayer requires at least 1 controller.

My game for the Ludum Dare 54

Hi!

You might not know about it, but Roboden was initially created as a prototype for a ~2 week game jam that was hosted on itch io. You can still find the game on itch.io and play the online demo ; although I really need to re-upload it so that the browser version is in sync with a Steam release.

I enjoyed the results and wanted to give Roboden a chance to see the world.

Ludum Dare is a more classic & hardcode game jam. You have to create a game from scratch in just 2 days! Many cool games start as a prototype for some game jam; my favorite example is Baba Is You .

The Ludum Dare 54 was my first LD jam. I'm not that good with fast prototyping, but it was a fun experience to have. And I like the results!

You can play this game here: https://quasilyte.itch.io/cavebots

This game is very different from Roboden, but:

It's also about robot colonies
Its graphical style is similar
It's an RTS without direct control over your units

I wanted to share it with you. I hope you find this game jam thing as fascinating as I do.

Let me know if you like the new game idea. I may start working on it later. Who knows, maybe I'll even release it on Steam. :)

[ 2023-10-02 09:39:11 CET ] [Original Post]